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Calendar No. 749 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5317 

[Report No. 118–329] 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review 

of the Homeland Security Information Network, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 

conduct a review of the Homeland Security Information 

Network, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Law En5 forcement Information Sharing Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE HOME2 LAND SECURITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

3 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

5 shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

6 Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intel7 ligence of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Se8 curity and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel9 ligence of the House of Representatives a report that in10 cludes the following: 

11 (1) An examination of how the Homeland Secu12 rity Information Network is used to share informa13 tion with Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

14 law enforcement partners. 

15 (2) A comparison of the use, by such law en16 forcement partners, on both desktops and mobile ap17 plications of the Homeland Security Information 

18 Network to the use of other tools, including 

19 JusticeConnect of the Federal Bureau of Investiga20 tion, which facilitate real-time exchanges of intel21 ligence among such law enforcement partners. 

22 (3) An assessment of the cost, effectiveness, 

23 and efficacy of the Homeland Security Information 

24 Network. 

25 (4) An assessment of the current policies of the 

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1 ficacy of such policies in protecting the civil rights, 

2 civil liberties, and privacy of individuals. 

3 (5) An analysis of any other information the 

4 Comptroller General determines appropriate. 

5 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Law En7 forcement Information Sharing Act’’. 

8 SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE HOME9 LAND SECURITY INFORMATION NETWORK. 

10 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

11 this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

12 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov13 ernmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

14 of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 

15 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

16 House of Representatives a report that includes the fol17 lowing: 

18 (1) An examination of how the Homeland Secu19 rity Information Network is used to share informa20 tion with— 

21 (A) Federal, State, local, Tribal, and terri22 torial law enforcement and governmental part23 ners; and 


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1 (B) private sector partners and nonprofit 

2 partners from across a variety of sectors, com3 munities, and geographic locations. 

4 (2) A comparison of the use, by such law enforce5 ment partners, on both desktops and mobile applica6 tions of the Homeland Security Information Network 

7 to the use of other tools, including JusticeConnect of 

8 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which facilitate 

9 real-time exchanges of intelligence among such law 

10 enforcement partners. 

11 (3) An assessment of the cost, effectiveness, and 

12 efficacy of the Homeland Security Information Net13 work. 

14 (4) An assessment of the current policies of the 

15 Homeland Security Information Network and the effi16 cacy of such policies in protecting the civil rights, 

17 civil liberties, and privacy of individuals. 

18 (5) An analysis of any other information the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States determines 

20 appropriate. 


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Calendar No. 749 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5317 

[Report No. 118–329] 

A BILL 

To direct the Comptroller General of the United 

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poses. curity Information Network, and for other purStates to conduct a review of the Homeland SeECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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